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Grants Announcement Athenaeum 26.5.2025
FMI President Neville Balfour with Lawana Coulson - taken by James Baker for the Melbourne Athenaeum.
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Melbourne Rare Book Week - FMI Sisters in Crime event bookings
To secure a limited ticket for this year's event on Fri July 25th - please book at the following link from May 30th: Â ...
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May 291 min read
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May 70 min read
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FMI event Fri 4th April -Mr Bill Earle
FMI Event tomorrow - Fri Apr 4th 1pm FMI Reading Room. Tokyo 1964 Olympian Bill Earle relates his sporting anecdotes. FREE to Members, no...
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Apr 31 min read
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Next Talk - Bill Earle - Apr 4th 2025
Next FMI Talk - Olympian Bill Earle chatting about his sporting life. From Tokyo Olympics 1964 to presenting the Stawell Gift for many...
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Mar 191 min read
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Library Memberships Renewals Due Now!
Please pop in and renew your membership for 2025, and grab some great books while you're at it! Still only $10 pa, and renews again in...
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Mar 61 min read
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Feb 260 min read
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RANKIN crime fiction discussion - Feb 14th
Fri 14th Feb - Ian Rankin discussion. Members please pop into FMI library for an informal chat about Ian Rankin and his crime fiction...
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Feb 131 min read
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Latest Rebus title by Rankin available for loan
BOOK REVIEW: Midnight & Blue by Ian Rankin The latest Rebus  novel is out and in the Footscray Mechanics Institute (FMI) library!!  ...
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Feb 62 min read
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FMI member Jeff Maynard's book THE UNSEEN ANZAC available for loan to members
We have a loan copy of FMI member Jeff Maynard's biography of George Hubert Wilkins, THE UNSEEN ANZAC. Here is a recent press review:...
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Jan 241 min read
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NOTICE OF FMI - AGM
FOOTSCRAY MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE INC. Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of members will be held at the FMI, 209...
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Jan 161 min read
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Happy New Year!
The FMI wishes all our members a happy 2025. The Library is now open for borrowing, and the 'Doug Clymo Billiards Room' is available for...
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Jan 161 min read
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Last event of 2024 - Dylan Thomas '"Under Milk Wood" discussion
FMI Library informal discussion on Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and "Under Milk Wood" Friday 13th December - 12 noon - FMI Library - no need...
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Dec 11, 20241 min read
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Christmas-New Years closing
Valued members, we will be closed between 16th December 2024 to 10th January 2025 Any books on loan will be extended to 31st January 2025...
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Dec 11, 20241 min read
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Saturday Opening - 7th December
We are pleased to announce to members that Saturday 7th December the FMI library will be open for loans and returns. Unfortunately the...
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Dec 2, 20241 min read
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Nov 28, 20240 min read
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Nov 27, 20240 min read
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SONS OF WEST - A DECADE OF IMPACT
President of FMI Nev and myself lucky enough to attend this event hosted by Western Bulldogs AFC last night. Proud to be part of the...
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Nov 14, 20241 min read
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